You have of course heard of the descent upon Huntsville by the Federals on Thursday last, their taking possession of the town and railroad, and also capturing a passenger train together with the passengers.

"Two of the train hands from the Memphis and Charleston Railroad arrived here to-day, having made their way from Huntsville. ... The Federalists have released the passengers that were captured on board the train, and have given then passports to leave.

"On Saturday last there were 7,000 Federal troops at Huntsville. On Sunday 5,000 were sent to Decatur, while an additional force of 10,000 were expected to reach Huntsville on Monday. The Federalists captured eleven engines and a large number of cars, and pressed the Superintendent of the road, and all the engineers and train hands into service. They gave orders to run the trains as usual between the points occupied by them, and to collect the usual fares. They have already commenced running a daily mail to Huntsville, and are doing quire a driving business on their own account. We hope it will not be long before our army will send them howling back from whence they came.

"You may look out for stirring news from this neighborhood before long, and if you wish, I will try and keep you posted.

"P.S. -- I learn that the Federalists have two armed boats at Bridgeport. Probably they are not gunboats which have passed the Shoals, but river boats taken possession of by the enemy."

Saturday, April 20, 1912:

• "The nearest Mobile comes to having a Mobile passenger on the ill-fated Titanic's maiden and last trip, is Colonel Archibald Gracie of New York, who is among those rescued. Colonel Gracie was born in Mobile. His father, of the same name, was in business here before the war and commanded the company that seized Mt. Vernon arsenal, the first act of war in the great contest between the North and the South; and was afterwards conspicuous as a brigade commander at Chicamaugua, Bean's Station and Drewry's Bluff; and was killed while inspecting the enemy's lines in front of Petersburg, December 2, 1864."

Saturday, April 20, 1912:

• "Mobile gets the next Alabama state medical convention.
"Dr. Harry T. Inge of Mobile was elected president of the association.

"Dr. Charles A. Mohr, city health officer of Mobile, was elected a member of the board of censors."

• "Every one who has a little time to spare on a busy Saturday is requested to drop in and lend a hand in the wreath making for Memorial Day, as the ladies are busy at the store corner of Joachim and Dauphin streets trying to get the wreaths made to decorate the soldiers' graves on the 26th inst. at Magnolia Cemetery."

• "Phelan B. Dorlan spent $204 in the interest of his candidacy for county tax collector, and it cost Frank W. Crenshaw $31.28 to be elected school commissioner, according to their statements."

Tuesday, April 20, 1937:

• "A bronze bust of Gen. William Crawford Gorgas was placed in the first floor rotunda of the Alabama capitol today, a permanent memorial to the conqueror of yellow fever.
"Purchased by the State Medical Association, which opens its annual convention in Birmingham tomorrow, the bust of the famed Mobile (Ala.) native was executed by Bryant Baker, New York sculptor."

• "Suzanne Robinson was chosen queen of the annual May Festival conducted by the senior class of Visitation Convent for the benefit of the scholarship fund, which will be held Thursday evening at the College Inn, on the Spring Hill campus.

"Miss Robinson, who received 2,257 votes, was closely followed in the voting by Ellen Grace Crow, who received 2,204.

"Following the coronation Thursday, there will be a dance in honor of the queen and her court. Sidney Simon, assisted by the alumnae, is the general chairman of the affair."

• "Dean Agnes Ellen Harris and Miss Henrietta Thompson, university leaders and prominent in the Federation of Women's Clubs, have returned to Tuscaloosa from Mobile, where they represented the University Women's Club at the convention and were on several of the programs."